In a bold move that could reshape the future of football, Gerard Pique, the legendary Barcelona and Spain defender, has called for a significant overhaul of the sport’s traditional format in search of exciting action. With a career decorated by immense success, including nine La Liga titles, four Champions League trophies, and a World Cup […]

FIFA is reportedly looking for investors to significantly expand their very own streaming service. FIFA+, the governing body's streaming service, was previously launched in 2022 as a way to offer soccer fans additional content. Accessing this content, which includes select live matches, is currently free to all users. Viewers do, however, have to watch advertisements […]

FIFA's reformulated Club World Cup has hit yet another snag. The governing body of the sport previously revealed that the competition would expand from seven teams to 32. The changes were made ahead of the 2025 version of the tournament here in the United States. This decision, however, has been met with intense backlash from […]

The United States women's national team, or USWNT, has fallen to fifth in the latest FIFA ranking reveal. The drop means that the Stars and Stripes are now at the lowest spot in their history. FIFA initially began ranking women's teams back in 2003. Emma Hayes' new team was previously ranked fourth by the governing […]

Real Madrid, the reigning Champions League winner and record 5-time FIFA Club World Cup champions, plans to boycott the 2025 tournament. The expanded 32-club tournament comes during the summer in the United States. Real Madrid, having qualified as the champion of the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League, would have been one of the highlight teams at […]

FIFA is advertising the 2025 Club World Cup as the greatest club competition with 32 teams from each of the six confederations. However, the main draw remains clubs from Europe, with the likes of Manchester City, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea among the sides competing. Yet, those English and Spanish teams may not be […]

The 2024 Copa America brought about a new addition: a pink card. Everyone knows about the yellow card and red card. The yellow is for a caution, indicating to players that if they keep making cynical challenges, they will not be allowed to play. That leads to red cards, which are indications of ejections from […]

FIFA officially announced a Women's Club World Cup will happen for the first time in early 2026. The decision was made regarding the tournament at an annual meeting on Wednesday. The FIFA Council gathered ahead of the 74th FIFA Congress in Thailand to discuss a wide range of topics. A majority of the meetings, however, […]

At the 2024 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles, Infantino disclosed one aspect of soccer in the United States that surprised him: the pay-to-play system. If American soccer is to reach its full potential, the head of FIFA has stated, the nation must end this massive barrier to entry. "We want to see the […]

U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation announced on Monday that they will not pursue co-hosting the 2027 Women's World Cup. The duo was previously seen as leading candidates to host the competition. Potentially having the tournament in North America would have given the area a stranglehold on major soccer competitions for at least three […]

LaLiga president Javier Tebas has claimed that official Spanish league matches are set to be played in the United States. The statement by the executive comes as Relevent Sports is currently feuding with U.S. Soccer over alleged antitrust regulation issues. The promoter wants to host official LaLiga games here Stateside to increase the division's global […]

US Soccer's previous request to see the settlement details between FIFA and Relevent has been denied. The settlement removed FIFAt in the case in which Relevent is suing FIFA and US Soccer. Relevent, the media and promotion company based in the United States, sought legal action against the two governing bodies. Relevent's goal is to […]

Apple is in talks with FIFA to acquire the global broadcast rights to 2025's FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. If the deal between FIFA and Apple goes through later this month, the FIFA Club World Cup could be the rocket fuel that MLS (Major League Soccer) needs to drive subscriptions to MLS […]

A lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation (USSF) and FIFA alleging antitrust regulation violations is getting closer to the US Supreme Court. The lawsuit comes from Relevent Sports, which wants to host an official La Liga match in the United States. Relevent wants to bring meaningful games to the United States in a bid to […]

The World Cup in 2006 may be the subject of bribes and corruption. For years, investigations and reports have tainted the World Cup in Germany from that year. Now, the case is officially going to court to determine if there was a slush fund to bring one more vote to Germany. By the end, Germany […]